/**
 *  Copyright (c) 2010 The edtf project.  All rights reserved.
 *
 *  This file is part of edtf (Event Driven Testing Framework).
 *
 *  edtf is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  edtf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with edtf.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 *  This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
 *  individuals.  For exact contribution history, see the revision
 *  history and logs, available at http://code.google.com/p/edtf.
 */

package org.xepf.xml.adapter;

import java.util.List;
import net.sf.saxon.Configuration;

/**
 *
 * 
 */
public interface NodeSerializer {
    String serialize(List<XMLNode> nodes) throws Exception;

    List<String> serializeAsList(List<XMLNode> nodes) throws Exception;

    String serialize(XMLNode node) throws Exception;

    XMLNode deserialize(String xml, Configuration xPathConfig) throws Exception;
    
    XMLNode mergeNodes( List<XMLNode> nodes, Configuration xPathConfig ) throws Exception;
}
